Multiple independent IgE epitopes on the highly allergenic grass pollen allergen Phl p 5

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1409-1419

  Levin, M ^a   Rotthus, S ^a   Wendel, S ^a   Najafi, N ^b   Kallstrom E ^c   Focke Tejkl, M ^b   Valenta, R ^b   Flicker, S ^b   Ohlin, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Conformational epitope; Epitope mapping; Group 5 grass pollen allergen; Human monoclonal antibody; Recombinant allergen fragment; Recombinant antibody technology

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHL P 5; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; GROUP 5 ALLERGENS, AMBROSIA; PLANT ANTIGEN; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CROSS REACTION; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; EPITOPES; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES;

EID: 84939148042     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12423     Document Type: Article

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